Al Quds

 There are three parts of Jerusalem. Muslim, Christian and Jew . These are before Israel’s occupation . Al Aqsa complex is Muslim. Jordanian kingdom mostly take care of Al Aqsa. Even the golden Dome of the Rock is made of the one ton gold donated by the king.

We went to Bethlehem the birth place of Issa AS and where he was crucified ( according to their belief).

Then to Hibron Al Khalil . The tombs of Abraheem, Ishaaq AS and their wives. The Tombs of Yaqub and Yousaf AS were closed by Israelis.

These are my personal observations on my trip.

If interested I can post the pictures.

Al Quds has been destroyed several times over the course of history.

It was a mound of rubble when Omar RA Occupied Jerusalem . He built a small masjid there and then the Main Masjid was built by Khalifa Abdul Malik bin Marwan , Salahuddin Ayubbi and later on by Ottomans.

This is a Palestinian woman Maryam,she got befriended with me. Her father was a guard at masjid Aqsa. Her father,her husband and one son got killed by Israelis. Now she has seven more boys. Two of her sons are in jail and seven in orphanages. She works and helps there , in Masjid and cleans some houses. She took me to her home near Masjid,a tiny old place of the same stony structure.

Our guide Abeer took us to her parents house,it was almost the same,a tiny one may be 5,6 hundred square feet. She told that Israelis have offered them millions for this tiny place and they are resisting this offer. So many untold stories of oppression and occupation.

They believe that it’s the remnants of Temple or Masjid of Suleman As and many other beliefs ,that the huge stones in the wall are installed by Jins. They believe that Ibrahim AS offered his son Ishaq ‘s

Sacrifice there.

Our guide Abeer narrating details of this part of Baitul Muqaddas, Mehrab of Zakaria AS and the real name of Salahuddin Ayyubi. Interestingly his real name was Yusaf.